Elections and Campaigns Chapter 7 Elections and Campaigns

Presidential & Congressional Campaigns more competitive, with a narrower margin of victory limited to two terms of office have significant national power but little local power,

Presidential & Congressional Campaigns serve for decades and hold a greater incumbency advantage take credit in home states or district for grants, projects, and programs fewer people vote largely independent

Types of Elections Primary Elections (select party's candidate for each office) Open( choose for which party to vote as they enter the polling place) Closed(vote for only registered party members) Blanket(vote for both parties)

Types of Elections General Election winner becomes an elected government official. Electoral College The winner in a state receives all of the state's Electoral votes. The general election contest is about winning 270 electoral college votes.

Money

Money in Electoral Campaigns 1. Presidential primaries: part private, part public money Federal matching funds Only match small donors: less than $250; $5,000 in twenty states Gives incentive to raise money from small donors

Money 【钱】 2. Presidential general elections: -all public money 3. Congressional elections: -all private money -From individuals, PACs, and parties -Most from individual small donors ($100 to $200 a person) -New sources of money: 527 organizations

Elections And Party Alignments Realigning Periods(a highly salient new issue[slavery, the economy] appears & cuts across existing party divisions.) -1800-1828-1860-1896-1932

Factors of winning election -Party identification -issues of economy -Build a winning coalition (combination) -Democratic coalition: African Americans, Jews, Hispanics, Catholics, southerners, and union members. -Republicans: business and professional

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